Process Servers Giving Back: Abolt Process Service

• January 29, 2014
• by Kimberly Faber

Every word from Cheyenne Abolt is laced with compassion. An active volunteer in the San Diego community, Abolt works with many local charities and organizations to, in her words, address social concerns within the area. Now through February 14th, Abolt Process Service will be collecting donations for The Salvation Army’s The Door of Hope, Transitional Living Center, and The Haven.

More information about these causes:

About The Salvation Army’s Door of Hope

The Door of Hope is a seven-acre campus with programs to give hope and shape the lives of those affected by homelessness, a growing adjunct of which is mothers with children.

About The Salvation Army’s Transitional Living Center

The Transitional Living Center is offered by the Salvation Army as a place where families can stay for one year while rebuilding their lives. During that year, the individuals focus on finding a job, learning how to budget, and save eighty percent of their income.

About The Haven

The Haven is a structured group home for pregnant and parenting teen mothers and their babies. “The girls complete their high school education while learning valuable skills, including parenting skills,” Abolt says. “Often these girls are victims of abuse, incest, or rape when they are referred by the courts or foster care.” The youngest girl to go to the Haven was only eleven years old.

Abolt shares that process servers within and outside of San Diego can still participate in the drive by dropping off or mailing items to Abolt Process Service.

“Numerous other opportunities to give back and help organizations like these can be found by contacting your local Salvation Army,” Abolt says, always encouraging others to give back. What can’t be missed from Abolt’s comments is her view that these are people who have fallen on difficult times, and that even one person can make a difference. “It’s important that every person, including process servers, that has the ability to give back does,” she says. “It takes minimal time to get involved and makes a huge impact.”

Abolt also talks of the unique perspective process servers have, given that they observe people dealing with a variety of personal and professional problems on a daily basis.  

“We help strip drug addicts of the parental rights, we evict families from their homes and then the homeless from their storage units, we find ourselves in the middle of a violent restraining orders and custody battles,” she shares. “We meet the people that these causes touch every day.”

But what never wavers from Abolt’s comments is her compassion for all of the people she interacts with. “The most rewarding part is knowing that we are making a positive difference in the lives of people that are going through some of the toughest times in their lives.”

Below are the donation needs. Many of these items are given to families as welcome baskets when they first enter.

In closing, Cheyenne Abolt shares that the company has no set goal for the number of items donated. The company just wants to give back and do as much as can be done to help out. “We will be collecting as much as we can until the end of February when we can show our love to our community,” she says. “It sure feels great to be helping with good news instead of delivering bad news for a change.”